Research Methods 2010 (UK)

Research Methods Textbooks Spring 2010

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02 3rd Edition

You and Your Action Research Project Jean McNiff, Educational Consultant, UK and Jack Whitehead, University of Bath, UK What are the most effective ways of planning and doing action research projects?

You and Your Action Research Project gives practical guidance on doing an action research project. Written for practitioners across professions who are studying on award-bearing courses, this book is packed full of useful advice and takes the reader through the various stages of a project, including: • starting your action research project • monitoring and documenting the action • techniques for dealing with the data • making claims to knowledge and validating them • making your research public: creating your living theory.

2009: 234 x 156: 280pp Pb: 978-0-415-48709-2: £22.99

The book’s practical approach will appeal to practitioners and will encourage them to try out new strategies for improving their work. It will also be essential reading for those resource managers in schools, colleges and higher education institutions who are responsible for providing courses and support.

This third edition of the bestselling book has been thoroughly updated and improved by a number of features, with new case studies from a wide range of disciplines, points for reflection and up-to-the-minute information on current debates and ideas.

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The Routledge Doctoral Student’s Companion Getting to Grips with Research in Education and the Social Sciences Edited by Pat Thomson and Melanie Walker, both at University of Nottingham, UK In the contemporary world it is clear that the need to study beyond Masters Level is increasing in importance for a wide range of practitioners in diverse professional settings. Students across the world are choosing doctorates not only to become career academics, but to go beyond the academic arena, in order to make a personal and educational, as well as an economic investment, in their workplace careers and their lives.

However for many doctoral students, both full-time and part-time, navigating the literature and key issues surrounding doctoral research can often be a challenge.

Bringing together contributions from key names in the international education arena, this is a comprehensive guide to the literature surrounding doctorates, bringing together questions, challenges and solutions normally scattered over a wide range of texts.

Offering an extensive and rounded guide to undertaking doctoral research in a single volume, this book is essential reading for all full-time and part-time doctoral students in education and related disciplines.

Series: Companions for PhD and DPhil Research

April 2010: 246 x 174: 440pp • Pb: 978-0-415-48412-1: £26.99 For more information, visit: www.routledge.com/9780415484121

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The Routledge Doctoral Supervisor’s Companion Supporting Effective Research in Education and the Social Sciences Edited by Melanie Walker and Pat Thomson, both at University of Nottingham, UK Accompanying The Routledge Doctoral Student’s Companion this book examines what it means to be a doctoral student in education and the social sciences, providing a guide for those supervising students. Exploring the key role and pedagogical challenges that face supervisors in students’ personal development, the contributors outline the research capabilities which are essential for confidence, quality and success in doctorate level research.

April 2010: 246 x 174: 300pp • Pb: 978-0-415-48414-5: £28.99 For more information, visit: www.routledge.com/9780415484145

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04 Qualitative Research in International Settings

Doing Your Undergraduate Social Science Dissertation

A Practical Guide

Edited by Karen Smith, Malcolm Todd, both at Sheffield Hallam University, UK and Julia Waldman, University of Southampton, UK

David Stephens, University of Brighton, UK The teaching of qualitative research skills in universities is now widespread and the number of institutions offering courses in research methods in education and the social sciences is growing, while professionals in the fields of education, health and the social services are increasingly required to carry out research, evaluation and reviews.

Qualitative Research in International Settings will be an invaluable resource for all postgraduates and professionals engaged in research of this kind.

Drawing upon the author’s extensive experience of educational research in the Developing World, the book focuses upon working in a variety of cultural and national contexts. It combines the practice and theory of qualitative research by clarifying and communicating the core ideas and principles of this form of research and highlighting specific case studies as models of good practice.

2009: 234 x 156: 168pp Pb: 978-0-415-28058-7: £19.99 For more information, visit: www.routledge.com/9780415280587

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Are you a final year social science student who has to do a dissertation or final year project? Do you have no idea where to start?

If so, Doing Your Undergraduate Social Science Dissertation is the book for you, covering the whole dissertation journey from project planning to submission. Using a mixture of useful information, exercises, practical strategies, case study material and further reading, it helps you through the process, giving hints and tips on beginning and managing your research project and working with your supervisors. Packed with proven practical advice, it also identifies many other sources of information and resources, making it your most dependable starting point and guide on your dissertation journey. Also included are links to accompanying materials on the Routledge website.

The authors have extensive experience in teaching at all levels in the social sciences, supervising social science undergraduates and dissertations.

2009: 216 x 138: 192pp Pb: 978-0-415-46749-0: £12.99 For more information, visit: www.routledge.com/9780415467490

05 2nd Edition

Causation in Educational Research

Doing Research/Reading Research

Keith Morrison, Macau Inter-University Institute, Macau

Re-Interrogating Education

Calls to understand ‘what works’ in education are being made the world over. We need to know not only ‘what works’ but under what conditions, how and why. Causation is central to this. Researchers, educationists, readers and users of research need to know the effects of causes and the causes of effects. This strongly practical book helps researchers and readers of research understand, plan and investigate causation in education. It guides readers through statistical matters, explaining them clearly and simply in words as well as numbers, and shows them how to investigate qualitative causal research in education.

Paul Dowling, Institute of Education, University of London, UK, and Andrew Brown, U niversity of London, UK

After introducing deterministic and probabilistic causation, the book shows how these can be researched in different ways. It explains: • how to determine causes from effects and how to link theory and practice in causal research • how to plan and conduct causal research in education • how to analyse, present and interpret causal data, and the limits of causal understanding.

Containing worked examples from both qualitative and quantitative research, Causation in Educational Research provides a manual for practice, underpinned by a rigorous analysis of key issues from philosophy, sociology and psychology. It will appeal to new and established researchers, readers of educational research, social science students and academics.

2009: 246 x 174: 256pp Pb: 978-0-415-49649-0: £20.99 For more information, visit: www.routledge.com/9780415496490

This bestselling text enables beginning researchers to organise and evaluate the research they read, and to plan and implement small scale research projects of their own. It gives structured, practical guidance on: • the development of a research question • techniques of data collection • qualitative and quantitative forms of analysis • the writing and dissemination of research.

The authors present research as a principled activity that begins with the establishing and structuring of theoretical and empirical fields and research findings as serving to ask questions of educational practice rather than directing it.

This revised and updated second edition includes a new chapter dealing with the complex issue of research ethics. It also includes consideration of digital technologies and new media, both as settings of research and research tools, the chapters on qualitative and quantitative analysis have been expanded and the annotated bibliography updated.

The authors have been active researchers in educational studies for more than twenty years. They have also supervised numerous doctoral and masters dissertations and taught research methods programmes in various higher education institutions around the world as well as in the Institute of Education, University of London.

2009: 246 x 174: 224pp Pb: 978-0-415-37602-0: £23.99 For more information, visit: www.routledge.com/9780415376020

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06 6th Edition

Research Methods in Education Louis Cohen, Loughborough University, UK, Lawrence Manion and Keith Morrison, Inter-University Institute of Macau, China ’Research Methods in Education contains much theoretical material, but this is supported by many practical examples and down-to-earth guidance. It is very clearly written, and demystifies the theory aspects of education research. The 200 pages of supplementary material are particularly practically focused, and are a substantial improvement on the previous edition of the book – if you already have a copy of the fifth edition, I would suggest you consider upgrading ... If you plan to undertake serious educational research in your discipline, Research Methods in Education is an invaluable addition to your bookshelf.’

– Bioscience Education, The Higher Education Academy This fully updated sixth edition of the international bestseller Research Methods in Education covers the whole range of methods currently employed by educational research at all stages. It is divided into five main parts: the context of educational research; planning educational research; styles of educational research; strategies for data collection and researching; and data analysis.

The sixth edition includes new material on: • complexity theory, ethics, sampling and sensitive educational research • experimental research, questionnaire design and administration with practical guidance • qualitative and quantitative data analysis, with practical examples • internet based research.

Research Methods in Education is essential reading for the professional researcher and continues to be the standard text for students and lecturers in educational research.

Doing Visual Research with Children and Young People Edited by Pat Thomson, University of Nottingham, UK This book explores the methodological, ethical, representational and theoretical issues surrounding image-based research with children and young people. It provides well-argued and illustrated resources to guide novice and experienced researchers through the challenges and benefits of visual research.

Doing Visual Research with Children and Young People will be an ideal guide for researchers both at undergraduate and postgraduate level across disciplines, including education, youth and social work, health and nursing, criminology and community studies. It will also act as an up-to-date resource on this rapidly changing approach for practitioners working in the field.

2008: 234 x 156: 240pp Pb: 978-0-415-43110-1: £24.99 For more information, visit: www.routledge.com/9780415431101

2nd Edition

Research with Children Perspectives and Practices Edited by Pia Christensen, The Research Unit for General Practice, Denmark and Allison James, University of Sheffield, UK

To access the Companion Website of accompanying materials, please visit: www.routledge.com/textbooks/9780415368780.

Research with Children is a resource book on the methodology of childhood research. Leading and new researchers within the social studies of childhood discuss epistemology and methodology, showing the links between theory and practice.

2007: 246 x 189: 656pp Pb: 978-0-415-36878-0: £26.99

2008: 234 x 156: 312pp Pb: 978-0-415-41684-9: £24.99

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07 Using Social Theory in Educational Research

An Ethical Approach to Practitioner Research

A Practical Guide

Dealing with Issues and Dilemmas in Action Research

Mark Dressman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

Edited by Anne Campbell and Susan Groundwater-Smith

This book introduces the major schools of social theory, their basic concepts, and their general applicability to educational issues.

Packed with detailed and thought-provoking examples this book contains both theoretical analyses of ethical matters and offers practical advice to practitioner and action researchers across the fields of schools hospitals and community and family settings.

2008: 234 x 156: 184pp Pb: 978-0-415-43641-0: £23.99 For more information, visit: www.routledge.com/9780415436410

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Teachers Investigate Their Work An Introduction to Action Research across the Professions Herbert Altricher, Allan Feldman, Peter Posch and Bridget Somekh Teachers Investigate Their Work introduces the methods and concepts of action research through examples drawn from studies carried out by teachers.

The book is arranged as a handbook with numerous sub-headings for easy reference and fourty-one practical methods and strategies to put into action, some of them flagged as suitable `starters’. Throughout the book, the authors draw on their international practical experience of action research, working in close collaboration with teachers.

It is an essential guide for teachers, senior staff and co-ordinators of teacher professional development who are interested in investigating their own practice in order to improve it.

2007: 234 x 156: 320pp Pb: 978-0-415-37794-2: £25.99 For more information, visit: www.routledge.com/9780415377942

2007: 234 x 156: 208pp Pb: 978-0-415-43088-3: £25.99 For more information, visit: www.routledge.com/9780415430883

Quantitative Data Analysis in Education A Critical Introduction Using SPSS Paul Connolly An accessible and user-friendly guide to quantitative data analysis in educational research, aimed at those with little or no prior knowledge of statistical methods.

2007: 246 x 174: 288pp Pb: 978-0-415-37298-5: £23.99 For more information, visit: www.routledge.com/9780415372985

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